How Did I Lose 15 Pounds Writing a Cookbook?

Last week I thought I was dying.

No really: it was Craig's birthday and I took him out to Soto where we ordered the tasting menu (this is after taking him to a taping of The Daily Show.) The food started to come--a tiny amuse bouche, then a bowl of miso soup--and after the soup, I felt utterly fully. Like I couldn't have been fuller and there were ten more courses on their way. I asked the waitress if we could cancel my tasting menu and if I could just pay for the two courses I already ate and she said "No; the chef's already preparing your whole meal."

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